Construction industry

Industry at Work in postwar Tokyo (construction work). Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Chinese laborers building a road in Mukden, Manchuria. Photograph taken during the U.S. Reparations Mission. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Interior of building located on 100 Maiden Lane, New York, New York. R. Howard Bland of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company sent these photos to President Harry S. Truman to demonstrate that his building needed repairs. He was denied the ability to make the repairs because of the priority of construction materials and equipment for housing for veterans.

Interior of building located on 100 Maiden Lane, New York, New York. R. Howard Bland of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company sent these photos to President Harry S. Truman to demonstrate that his building needed repairs. He was denied the ability to make the repairs because of the priority of construction materials and equipment for housing for veterans.

Interior of building located on 100 Maiden Lane, New York, New York. R. Howard Bland of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company sent these photos to President Harry S. Truman to demonstrate that his building needed repairs. He was denied the ability to make the repairs because of the priority of construction materials and equipment for housing for veterans.

Interior of building located on 100 Maiden Lane, New York, New York. R. Howard Bland of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company sent these photos to President Harry S. Truman to demonstrate that his building needed repairs. He was denied the ability to make the repairs because of the priority of construction materials and equipment for housing for veterans.

Interior of building located on 100 Maiden Lane, New York, New York. R. Howard Bland of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company sent these photos to President Harry S. Truman to demonstrate that his building needed repairs. He was denied the ability to make the repairs because of the priority of construction materials and equipment for housing for veterans.

Charles Burdge and Don Milton holding a six-foot Ormstead form weighting approximately 45 pounds. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman as an example of a construction method to build low-cost housing.

Interior of building located on 100 Maiden Lane, New York City, New York. R. Howard Bland of the U. S. Fidelity and Guaranty Company sent these photos to President Harry S. Truman to demonstrate that his building needed repairs. He was denied the ability to make the repairs because of the priority of construction materials and equipment for housing for veterans.

Interior of the house built by the Ormstead Method. This photo was sent to President Harry S. Truman as an example of a construction method to build low-cost housing.